Borders beaten, but Kidney admits ‘we rode our luck’

Munster 9 Border Reivers 7

In the end, they will thank a dogged defence and, perhaps, Mick O’Driscoll, who plucked the ball out of the sky on a Border Reivers line outthrow in the dying seconds.

It was the last throw of the dice for the plucky visitors, and when substitute Jeremy Manning cleared to touch, the Welsh referee Tim Hayes called an end to a rather fretful evening for Munster.